OK, I’m never joking about the Sonic Soldering Iron again.

http://monopole.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~thomas/synthdiy/TBbox1.htm

to get started,

http://www.ucapps.de/midibox64.html

I love shit like that, but my electronics knowledge and skills are nil. When I solder, the beads warp space and time about them.

my electronics knowledge also poor. be fun trying it out though

http://home.stny.rr.com/peverett/gadget.html

I have a friend — my band’s guitarist, actually — who often jokes about wanting to build a synth. He’s pretty good at electronics (and soldering!), so I could probably pull such a project off jointly. Naturally, this would basically be me asking him a shit-ton of questions while he does all the hard work.